Designing with Love
Designing with love, purpose, and heart.
This show explores instructional design, e-learning, and how to incorporate AI technology into different aspects of the field.
Tune in for expert tips, real-world insights, and inspiring stories from students, alumni, and leaders in the field.
Recent Episodes
Your ID Knowledge Vault: How to Stay Consistent When AI Is Fast
AI can help you generate course content in minutes, but if you’ve ever looked at the output and thought, “This doesn’t sound like me,” you already know the hidden cost: inconsistency. When tone changes, terminology drifts, an...
Navigating the Journey: Caroline Amberson's Transformation Through In…
Curiosity turns into clarity when a seasoned teacher names the practices that work. Jackie sits down with Caroline Amberson, a K–12 demonstration teacher who completed her M.S. in Instructional Design at Grand Canyon Universi...
Prompting as a Design Skill: From “Try This” to Repeatable Patterns
AI output isn’t mysterious; it’s measurable. When we prompt like we’re chatting, we get content that feels generic and unpredictable. When we prompt like instructional designers, with audience, outcomes, constraints, and a de...
Design For People, Not Just Features with Charly Leetham
Ever feel like your tools change faster than your lesson plans? Jackie sat down with tech translator and founder Charly Leetham to unpack a calmer, smarter way to work with technology—one that starts with first principles, re...
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Recent Blog Posts
How to Build a Knowledge Vault for Consistent AI Output: 10 Essential…
In today's fast-paced digital landscape, instructional designers and educators face a challenge: producing high-quality content quickly without losing their unique voice. This post will guide you through creating a knowledge vault tailored for AI, e…
Navigating the Journey: Caroline Amberson's Transformation Through In…
In the latest episode of the Designing with Love podcast, Jackie reconnects with Caroline Amberson, a graduate from the Master of Science in Instructional Design program at Grand Canyon University. Caroline shares her inspiring journey from a novice…
How to Improve AI Output Consistency: 3 Essential Prompting Patterns
As instructional designers and educators, we value the consistent quality of AI-generated content for effective learning experiences. In this post, we'll explore how to use specific prompting patterns to improve AI outputs and achieve more predictab…
About the Host
Award-Winning Instructional Designer, College Professor, Consultant, and Podcast Host
Jackie, an Arizona native, leverages decades of experience as an award-winning instructional designer within both higher education and the corporate world. She holds an MBA and a Master of Science in Instructional Design and Technology, both acquired through online learning. In addition to her full-time role, Jackie serves as an award-winning adjunct instructor, teaching online courses at Grand Canyon University. During her leisure time, she delights in reading books across a range of genres, enjoying movies and TV shows, playing games, listening to uplifting music, and spending quality time with her family and friends.